I’ve had a hatching chick with a sidelong air sac for at least 10 days (when I noticed it, long before lockdown). She incubated in a maticoopx along with 30 others (offspring of 6 different hens). She is egg #9. She went into lockdown at her time on 4/22/23 (18 days). She immediately rocked and...
Hello I have a Rugged Ranch coop and run, and 8 hens (of which two are bantams). Only 3-4 of them will roost where they’re supposed to - on the top perches. They knocked out and keep knocking out the lower perches, probably because they know they’ll be pooped on at night. The other 4-5 hens take...
So, I had originally read that barnevelders laid eggs at 28 weeks. My son brought us two blue double-laced barnevelder on 3/15/20, from a farm somewhere near San Luis Obisbo, CA. One turned out to be a roo, very handsome, but began crowing at 93 days, so we had to re-home him. Fortunately Betty...